Pitt Plastic Surgery research fellows and medical students gave 10 oral presentations and 9 digital posters at the 71st Annual Robert H. Ivy Pennsylvania Plastic Surgery Society in Philadelphia on March 29, 2025.
Congratulations to Award Winners Meeti Mehta and Alexa Rivera del Rio Hernandez, and co-authors!
Clinical Paper Award (2nd Place)
“The Hidden Damage of Radiation: Lymphatic Disruption as a Driver of Seroma Formation”
Meeti Mehta, Shayan Sarrami, Korrina Gidwani, Casey Zhang, and Carolyn De La Cruz.
Basic Science Paper Award (2nd Place)
“Evaluating Metformin as a Mitigator of Radiation-Induced Skin Fibrosis: Safety and Efficacy in Breast Cancer Radiotherapy”
Alexa Rivera del Rio Hernandez, Andrea A. Moreira, Naresh Mahajan, Samantha L. Bosco, Jeffrey A. Gusenoff, Francesco M. Egro, J. Peter Rubin, and Asim Ejaz.